“We need to invest in very different ways. Get the students the support they need, get them the best principals, get them the great teachers, and I promise you those students would do extraordinarily well. I have seen it all my life.” DifferentSupportTeacherStudentsPromiseI PromiseGreat Teacher Author:Arne Duncan
“We need to lengthen the school day. We need to lengthen the school year. Our calendar is based upon the agrarian economy. Children in India and China are going to school 25, 30, 35 more days a year. They're just working harder than us. So, we need more time, particularly for disadvantaged children, who aren't getting those supports at home.” ChildrenHomeSchoolSupportEconomyMy Children Author:Arne Duncan
“When schools truly become centers of the community, where you have extraordinary teachers, the best teachers, the best principals, great nonprofit partners coming in during the non-school hours to support and do enrichment activities, social services, then those students will beat the odds, will beat poverty, will beat violence in the community, will beat sometimes dysfunctional families, and be productive citizens long term. They will go to college.” LongSometimesSchoolTermCommunityHoursPovertySupportTeacherViolenceStudentsCollegeExtraordinaryLong TermProductiveBest TeacherDysfunctional FamilySocial ServiceEnrichment Author:Arne Duncan
“Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.” ParentGrowthSupportTeacherStudentsObservationClassroomMultiplePeersFeedbackEvaluation Author:Arne Duncan
